PlayStation 3

The third son of the PlayStation family had a rough start in life; being quite expensive at first, and very difficult to code for, it remained in a distant third place for a while. Yet it swiftly recovered later, due to the very strong support from Japanese developers who would not touch the filthy gaijin dog machine Xbox 360. So each system has rather different sets of exclusives, which you should weigh (see: 360 vs PS3) before choosing one.

Backwards compatibility was part of the reason for the cost: early models did it by including part of the PS2 hardware. Later models cut that entirely. All models are compatible with games for the original PlayStation, as it was possible to emulate it fully in software.

A nice point of the PS3 is that its games come on Bluray discs while the Xbox 360 only reads DVDs. As a result, you never have to deal with games coming on multiple discs. PS3 also doubles as a Bluray player.

Name in Italics means the game is not on Xbox 360

Playstation Move compatible

Playstation Move required

PSN Trophies are available

Contents

Designed to evoke nostalgia for 8- and 16-bit adventures, with a basic save-the-world plot and overhead Zelda-style gameplay, elemental dungeons included. (The Fire Temple is notoriously infuriating.) You can increase your sword's size to a ridiculous degree as a main way to deal damage. The entire gameworld is made of voxels ("3D pixels"), adding to its retro appeal, in addition to tons of other sly references to classic games. You can also construct your own character, voxel by voxel.

Afrika

Sim

A rare and mostly forgotten safari simulation game, where you are a photographer in the African savannah trying to get the best pictures of the wildlife. The graphics and orchestral soundtrack craft a pleasant gameworld where success requires patience, strategy, observation, and not getting tackled by a rhinoceros. Very interesting, but its deliberately slow pace isn't for everyone.

Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX!!!!!

Fighting

What are you, some kind of insecure faggot? Get this shit it's awesome. Another game that takes inspiration from Guilty Gear, (those are rare) since the homing button acts essentially like Dust + Roman Cancels with its ability to cancel any move you make to immediately follow up on the opponent. Also gives you the ability to select another special function to use for the Arcana button, but that system is far too deep to go into detail.

Armored Core 4

TPS / Action / Mech

Mech combat game, very complex and not for everybody. Build your "Core" and take part in the mech combat. Online multiplayer worldwide. Steep learning curve for somebody who has never played a game like this before, they don't ease you into the game at all; you really have to be willing to bear with it until you figure things out.

Armored Core: For Answer

TPS / Action / Mech

Better than AC4, although not by much. It's basically the same game gameplay-wise, but with quite a bit of additional content, which includes more parts to use and new OTT special moves, like the "Air blast" you see on the cinematic trailer. Oh, there's more than one ending too, like in Last Raven. The only reason to buy AC4 over this would be for the plot, which I doubt anyone even cares about. Got some shit because the devs advertised off-line Bro-op before release, but that was never implemented. Online community is pretty much dead.

Armored Core V

TPS / Action / Mech

More mech action. Tries to go back to its old roots and is also pretty much focused on multiplayer this time. The singleplayer is awfully short, so don't buy it expecting a lengthy campaign (though knowing From Software, there will likely be a campaign-oriented "sequel" in the near future).

Servers are dead now, the only reason you would get V is to get some parts for Verdict Day and to understad some story that isn't really touched in Verdict Day.

Armored Core Verdict Day

TPS / Action / Mech

Surprise, From does it again, this time they didn't waste the budget on the intro so the game is better. Adds the stuff you would expect from an Armored Core expansion and the game is still multiplayer focused but the single player is a lot longer than and more difficult than V. Verdict Day now has two servers (International and Japanese) instead of US, JP and Everyone else and improved Conquest Mode,. Adds a cool spin on Hard mode and brings back being able to create AI controlled AC's that Formula Front had which surprisingly doesn't suck and is very in depth. Online isn't dead but getting into a active team might be some work. Can easily be played without needing to play Armored Core V but unlocking will be difficult.

Assassin's Creed Ezio Trilogy

Action / Adventure / Stealth

A collection of the three main series Assassin's Creed games that feature Ezio. Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and Assassin's Creed: Revelations all on one disc. The collection also includes the Bonfire of the Vanities and Battle of Forli DLC for Assassin's Creed II.In Assassin's Creed II, you're an assassin back in 15th Century Italy who takes the gig because your family got murdered. A great improvement over the first game, showing that Ubisoft actually paid attention to complaints. The repetitiveness of its predecessor was done away with, combining stealth, action, and platforming very well, while managing to be visually beautiful.Brotherhood is essentially Assassin's Creed 2.5, but confined to the large city of Rome. Introduces a new multiplayer aspect that plays surprisingly well.Revelations takes Ezio to the Ottoman Empire of Constantinople, with few changes from the previous installments.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

Action Adventure / Stealth

Prequel to ACIII (also technically a sequel if you consider the modern day story), you play as the pirate captain Edward Kenway on his quest for glory and riches, during which he will meddle with both Templar's and Assassin's affairs. The story is set on XVIII century Caribbean sea. Given the premise of the game you are going to spend lots of time behind the wheel of your ship. Surprisingly though, despite what you might think after playing ACIII, the naval missions are actually very fun and engaging. The world map is huge and contains lots of additional (though mostly filler) stuff to do. Overall it's a very fun open world game with beautiful, vacationy visuals and one of the best entries in the AC franchise.

Asura's Wrath

Action / Pressing the Correct Button to Not Die

Asura's Wrath is Capcom's foray into what they dubbed "Interactive Anime." You are Asura, the Japanese Kratos, fighting to get back your daughter and killing East Asian deities, DBZ style, every chance you get. Gameplay is your basic beat-em-up of its generation, only with some shmup segments and TONS more QTEs. The game ends on a cliffhanger unless you purchase ending DLC. These days that's not much, but WHAT THE FUCK, CAPCOM?

Despite Capcom's jewery, it's well worth the play through (or a watch on youtube, you don't miss out on much) if you're not a little girl who pretends to enjoy other people playing games and appreciate game stories that actually manage to be more over the top than God of War.

Be aware that the PS3 version of the game has screen tearing issues, but since working 360s don't exist anymore, you'll have to learn to live with that.

Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland

RPG

The eleventh game in Gust's Atelier series, and the first to use 3D models as opposed to 2D sprites. A grinding and collection-focused RPG with sparse story and characterization. If you love these aspects of JRPGs and don't care too much for plot or if you are a weeaboo, this might be the game for you.This entry is probably going to be revamped to be about "Shin Atelier Rorona", basically a graphical and gameplay revamp of this, and will most likely come out overseas as well.

Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland

RPG

More of the same, but improved in nearly all aspects. 3D models actually look decent this time as well. The time limit of Totori is less annoying than Rorona's, so that's cool. Has a number of DLC characters if you feel like putting down a few extra bucks.If you're undecided on which of the 3 Arland games to start with, go with Totori, since it gives you a heads up on Rorona anyways, and is a bit easier for beginners to the Atelier universe.Ported to Vita as Atelier Totori Plus, which has the DLC from this for free, along with a few other extras. Be warned of "High Tension Sexual Violence", as hilariously classified by Australian ratings.

Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland

RPG

Third and last game in the Arland series. This time you play as the princess Meruru of the Kingdom of Arls that wants to learn alchemy in order to make her country prosper. To succeed with this she has Totori as her teacher. Outside of alchemy you'll also get to develop your kingdom and do the usual adventuring. Has a digest of the first two Arland games in case this is your first game in the series.Ported to Vita as Atelier Meruru Plus, also with pre-loaded DLC for free and some more extra content.Atelier Ayesha is also in English, and part of a self-contained non-Arland series, but opinions are a bit mixed on it. Atelier Escha and Logy is also coming out soon in English, and looks to be fucking awesome.

Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition

Action Adventure / Stealth

You play as the Goddamn Batman. That's reason enough to play it. Besides, it's fucking awesome. It's so awesome that it's already got an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records (no, seriously, go look it up).Contains additional content compared to other versions.

Batman: Arkham City

Action Adventure/ Stealth / BEING THE GOD DAMMNED BATMAN

You play as the goddamn Batman in a bigger, more open environment. If you enjoyed Arkham Asylum, but really wished you could grapple to buildings and shit, go for it.

Game of the Year Edition is out now, comes with every piece of DLC, including preorder outfits. Also includes the just released Harley Quinn's Revenge DLC. Best bang for your buck.

BattleFantasia

2D Fighting

An overlooked title by Arc System Works (Guilty Gear) that uses toon-shaded graphics and an anime-fantasy cast. There is an unusual focus on story for a fighter, with light RPG elements as well. Implements a system similar to Street Fighter 3's parrying. Cute and whimsical.Only available via download in NA

Bayonetta

Action Adventure

Hectic action game by Hideki Kamiya in the style of Devil May Cry, starring an immortal witch with utterly ridiculous powers. The fighting is more focused on dodging than DMC, but the formula is similar in general, with droves of challenging enemies and insane boss battles. Everything about this game is turned up to eleven, including the story, set pieces and fan service. Beautiful baroque decoration on everything. Quite a bit of optional content. PS3 version suffered bad loading times and slowdown but that has been fixed (somewhat) with a patch.Bayonetta 2 is Wii U/Switch only. Physical copies will include a Bayo 1 port.

Best of PlayStation Network Vol. 1

Compilation

A treat for those who only buy physical copies, Best of PlayStation Network Vol. 1 includes the titles When Vikings Attack!, Sound Shapes, Fat Princess, and the very cool Tokyo Jungle, all on one disc. Ends up cheaper than buying them separately. Unfortunately, the games don't include any DLC that was released.

Binary Domain

TPS

A squad-based third-person shooter by the team behind Yakuza; you can order your varied group of teammates, with their own personalities, strengths and weaknesses, to help out in battle. How you treat them throughout the game determines their feelings towards you; there's a strong focus on relationship-building. The setting is futuristic in a clean, shiny way with amazingly realistic robot enemies and some notable boss battles, but gameplay gets stale outside of them. Definitely worth a try if you're looking for something unusual.

BioShock is the spiritual successor to the System Shock series, an FPS set in a destroyed objectivist underwater utopia. Focuses on plasmids (basically magic, such as lightning) as much as guns. Noted for its fantastic atmosphere.
In BioShock 2 you play as a prototype Big Daddy on a quest to rescue his little sister. While the setting may not feel as new as it did in BioShock, the gameplay has seen noticeable improvement. Combat is fun, hacking is streamlined and the game has a terrific story with a fantastic ending. Multiplayer can be surprisingly fun.

BioShock Infinite

FPS

It's so different to the first Bioshock, yet so similar at the same time.

The game now takes place in Columbia. A city that floats in the sky filled with a society that is loosely based on the idea of American Exceptionalism and led by a white supremacist. In this game, you need to find a girl named Elizabeth and escort her out of this city. The storyline is done really well with great characterization and pacing.

This game basically fixes all the problems the last two Bioshock games had. Primarily the clunky combat system has been improved giving you plenty of option of how to tackle enemies. Also while the game is quite linear (more so than the other Bioshock games) You never feel overwhelmed or lost in this game. The interaction with Elizabeth is great (they did a great job with this difficult task), and adds a bit more depth to the story and action sequences (you don't have to worry about her mid battle, in fact, she helps a lot). The graphics and overall atmosphere are gorgeous. The music and sounds are really well done.

There was DLC for this game that takes place in Rapture and ties into the first two games but is compleatly optional to the overall experience.

If you prefer System shock game style you might not like this game. Nevertheless, its a great game on its own merit with a fantastic story. Give it a shot even if you are not a fan of the first one (and if you are its a must) or other shooters in general.

Birds of Steel

Flight Simulation

Basically IL-2 with much improved graphics, a smaller plane roster, god-like enemy AI, more Pacific maps, and an actual campaign. The campaign takes place on both the American and Japanese sides, with missions including you bombing Pearl Harbor, carriers, and fighting off invaders at Wake Island. Has real footage and good cutscenes, but is a little short and doesn't cover the entire Pacific war. There is also a decal system, with pinup girls, kill marks, squadron emblems, and commonly used decorations like lightning and shark jaws. Also includes good multiplayer, custom schemes from famous squadrons from all sides besides Japan, and a custom mission setup. Works incredibly well with a standard controller, and has 100% custom mapping.

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend

Fighting

This is the sequel to Calamity Trigger, the story being set a few days after its predecessor. The gameplay mechanics have been changed and new modes have been added. There are a few versions of Continuum Shift, but Extend is the latest, adding Relius as a playable character (bringing the total roster to 19), and story modes for some of the DLC characters from previous versions.Continuum Shift Extend contains a more linear recap of the events in Calamity Trigger, making Calamity Trigger passable if you don't care a whole lot about the story. The next installment in the BlazBlue series, Chrono Phantasma, has hit the arcades in Japan and is expected to release on consoles some time in the future.

Blur

Racing

A new-age cart racer for the mature masses. If Mario and his pals raced in the real world, it'd be Blur. Many different tracks, tons of cars, awesome powerups, online multiplayer and a challenging objective based single player make for a great racing title.

Borderlands 2: Game Of The Year Edition

FPS / RPG like / Lootfest

A mix of FPS and RPG gameplay, it's basically Diablo with guns. You choose a class and level up as you travel Pandora; a desert like planet with plenty of bandits, monsters and the like. The GOTY version has most of the DLC, including another couple of characters and some extra missions. It's worth mentioning that this version has said DLC on a second disk, so you can borrow or lend this game to a friend to be a cheapskate. There's some extra missions for download on PSN as well. The Handsome collection collects this game and "The Pre-Sequel" on PS4 and Xbone. Also available on Vita but is not a really good port of this game. All the saves are compatible/transferable.

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Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway

FPS / Squad-Based

Brothers in Arms makes a leap to the next generation. It takes the squad to Hell's Highway, site of one of the biggest military failures in WWII history. Considered by many fans to be the weakest link in the series so far, and inferior to the countless other military shooters out there, but you might be intrigued despite that.

Action-RTS game set in a world inspired by heavy metal album covers, in which you slay demons, drive hot rods, and gather the downtrodden humans into an army to take on a tour of destruction across the land.It's a bit disjointed in that the single player is basically Heavy Metal Zelda with simplified versions of the multiplayer battles standing in for dungeons, whereas the multiplayer is much deeper and more strategic. In either mode though, it doesn't work if you try to play it like a traditional top-down RTS, you need to get in the battle alongside your troops and put your combat moves, solos and double teams to use.Multiplayer community is somewhat dead on PS3, unfortunately.

Bulletstorm

FPS

It is depressing how short this game is, because it is seventeen different kinds of amazing. So you play as these prisoners who are trying to escape this dying planet while also fighting away anything that crosses your path. Steve Blum voices the main character(of course). You have a bunch of guns and endless possibilities in how you go through every level. You get points based on how awesome you kill the enemies. You can shoot the equivalent of grenade nunchucks at some guy, tying him up in grenadey goodness, then use your foot to kick him into a group of enemies and detonate the grenade belt, taking them all out and scoring major points. That's a pretty basic way to kill someone. Called "The Worst Game Ever" by everyone's favorite news source, Fox, so you know its good. It's really short though, you'll get through it in about 5–7 hours if you are slow, and there isn't enough extra things to do to extend that past 15 hours. You may spend a lot of time learning new combos and stuff, but that's about it. A real shame too, since the lack to playtime really doesn't justify paying more than 30-40 bucks for it.

Burnout Paradise

Racing

Offering a whole new city, Burnout Paradise ditches its traditional roots. It feels like Burnout meets Need for Speed. Love it or hate it, the series has changed. Online multiplayer, DLC.

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood

FPS

Remember the original Call of Juarez? Neither do I. Anyways, this is a fucking awesome Cowboy FPS where you play as a couple of brothers who have to fight their way through good ol' Mexico. Best played with a bro in bro-op. It came out 11 months before Red Dead Redemption, but no one played this because everyone was waiting for RDR and thus they missed out. You can get it for fucking cheap too nowadays.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Collection

Action Adventure

The latest Castlevania title and a reboot of the franchise. It borrows quite a bit of its mechanics from other games (a little God of War and a little Shadow of the Colossus to name a couple) but does so in a very good way. Overall it's a very good action game with beautiful graphics, polished gameplay and a good story. Oh, and did we mention Patrick Stewart narrates the entire game and voices one of the main characters?

The Collection is the same as a normal copy, just different box and a voucher inside.

Catherine

Puzzle / Action

Atlus' first next gen game is a puzzle game with a storyline. Cheat on your girlfriend, chill with your bros at the local bar and climb towers straight out of hellat night. Don't let this stop you from at least trying the demo. It's quite fun actually. It's also one of the very few games that you can actually play one handed. If you dislike puzzle games and anime art in general, then it might not be your thing. Plus, it's rather story-heavy.

Child of Eden

Rhythm / Rail shooter

Spiritual sequel to Rez, stylistic graphics and music. A great reason to own the Move and almost makes a 3DTV worth owning.

Condemned 2: Bloodshot

FPS / Horror

A sequel to Condemned: Criminal Origins, a first person action thriller on the Xbox 360 and PC. Although considered inferior to its predecessor, it keeps some of the good, but loses a lot of it in favor of magical hadouken powers. You fight a bear.

Dark Souls

Action RPG

Spiritual Successor to Demon Souls, and arguably harder. It improves over every aspect of its predecessor, being at least twice as big and featuring a fully streamlined world, scarcer resources (no more carrying 99 of each grass). Focuses on a more open world design over Demon Souls' disjointed levels. The tendency system gave way to a new faction system, with each of the 9 covenants having it's own mission and thus expanding a lot the way the multiplayer system works. A world of both frustrating and rewarding challenges awaits as you fight your way through tons of incredibly atmospheric dungeons. And you will die in every one of them, multiple times. And you will like it. A lot.

Dark Souls II

Action RPG

Places you in the presumably smelly shoes of another Chosen Undead, this time dispatched to conquer the forgotten kingdom of Drangleic. The least punishing of the Souls games by far (for example, Life Protection rings no longer disappear after breaking and can be repaired) but still a substantial challenge in its own right. PVP matchmaking is now determined based on the sum total Souls you've collected, rather than your current level. Among other minor changes: You can respec at least a dozen times in a given playthrough using a consumable, bonfires can be used to regenerate certain items and make enemies more powerful, and the weapon smithing system has been streamlined. Expanded with a trio of DLC's that add plenty of goodies and new things to kill.

Darksiders

Action Adventure

If Devil May Cry,God of War and Zelda had a baby, that baby would be Darksiders. You play as War, one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse and fight angels and demons in order to restore humanity and regain your lost dignity. Not all that visually impressive but fun as hell.

Darksiders II

Action Adventure

This time, you play as War's brother, Death, before War begins his quest to investigate who began the apocalypse. Darksiders II is a sequel done right - everything from the first game is improved upon. You can now equip different weapons and armor that you find, much like a Diablo game. This of course opens up more options for combat, which feels more rounded out than the first game, but nowhere near as deep as a Devil May Cry game.

The Darkness

FPS

A sweet and unique FPS that debuted fairly early in the current gen. Made by the creators of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay, and has a very similar feel/game-engine. Play as a 1950's mobster who gets abandoned by his family and discovers he has the power to control two snake-like demons from his back and summon little Overlord style demons from underground. Based off cult comic. You can find it for 7 bucks used now.

The Darkness II

FPS

Jackie's back, motherfuckers! This time, haunted by the memories of past, he's targeted by weird cult, which tries to siphon titular Darkness fom him. Plot gets preety crazy and fun later and dialogues, especially from Powell, are hilarious. Gameplay was updated and pumped up (you can use tendrils and dual wield weapons at once) and you get the kickass Darkling as a oneliner-m8-accent-spewing sidekick. Graphics got nice cell-shaded feel, though not everyone likes it. If you'll get bored with main plot, you can access Vendettas missions (connected with main story, but selectable from main menu) where you choose one of the four characters and blow the shit up with Darkness-infused weapons. Must have for fans of first one and worth of checking out for breety gud shootan fans.

Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate

3D Fighting

Newest entry in the DOA series. New characters, new stages, revamped move lists, revamped frame data, and all that you'd expect from a sequel in FG. It's vastly superior to DOA4 on pretty much every aspect, but specially gameplay wise. Why is that? Well, this isn't a hold fest anymore (they got nerfed). Now you can play a more traditional 3D FG with guaranteed setups, working sidesteps, wall game, ground game and stuff. The game itself is accessible, fun and flashy for newcomers; and for veterans it has to offer a deep and solid fighting game. Also, Amazing visuals.

Dead Rising 2

Action Adventure / Horror

Set in the fictional Fortune City which is modeled after Las Vegas. This installment includes co-op, a satirical multiplayer mode, and a dramatically increased number of zombies (roughly around 7,000 according to Joystiq). You can combine items to form crazy weapons (like a lawnmower+sweeper that sucks in the body parts it chops up). Don't worry if you haven't played the first one, just start with this since it's the same but more fun. "Off the Record", an unusual alternate version of this game is also available. The role of Chuck is replaced by Frank West and there are a bunch of gameplay improvements. If you haven't played this, get that.

Dead Space

TPS / Horror

Action-heavy survival horror 3rd person shooter that actually manages to be scary at times. A few jumps and a fantastic atmosphere, doesn't hold back on on it's gore or brutality, but doesn't overdo it either. Has an immersive user interface as well. There is DLC for stronger weapons and suits that make the game a lot easier on any difficulty.

Dead Space 2

TPS / Horror

Issac's back, and this time he has a face and a personality. This time the game takes place in a Bioshock-esque abandoned and ruined civilization. Just as good if not better than the first one as an action game. Due to the constant action, there is very little tension or suspense and as such the only horror moments are shock horror. The PS3 version comes packaged with a port of the Wii Rail Shooter Dead Space: Extraction in glorious 1080p.

Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut

Survival Horror

Pretty much Twin Peaks - The Game. A Survival Horror game, with some sandbox elements, set in a small rural American town, where a gruesome murder has just occurred. Opens with the main character talking to himself about how Tom and Jerry are an analogy for abusive homosexual relationships. Very silly in a way, but still fun and interesting. Might not be the nicest looking game out there, but still absolutely worth your time if you like a good story.

The Director's Cut is also available on PC, but the Xbox version is shit out of luck and got no new edition.

Demon's Souls

Action RPG

A dark fantasy with a dreary atmosphere, Demon's Souls allows you to create your character based on various classes and then sets you free in a world riddled with traps, monsters and sudden deaths. A very difficult game for those who are up to the challenge. Its online multiplayer system is amazingly forward-thinking and involves both cooperation and backstabbing. Dying in the game will come often, and usually as the result of an oversight on your part, but will mean you will need to run through the level from the beginning again. (Although some levels provide small shortcuts.) If that, and the subsequent triumph of overcoming the challenge it presents, doesn't seem like much fun to you, the game might not be for you. If it does, though, it is quite rewarding.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut

FPS / RPG

Prequel to the first Deus Ex. Everything you could ask for is in it. FPS/RPG action, multiple ways to complete an objective, hacking, stealthing, conspiracy theories, take downs, incredible detail, etc. Slightly more linear then the original, but definitely worthy of the Deus Ex title.

The Director's Cut contains the extra story DLC, improved textures, reworked bosses, and other features.

Devil May Cry 4

Action / Hack 'n' Slash

It's DMC, but now you play as new protagonist, Nero, and unlock Dante later. A solid combat system that can be used to rack up frankly insane combos (if you're good enough [spoiler]spam Devil Bringer with Nero, FIGHT LIKE A MAN with Dante with all 5 styles at once![/spoiler]), hilariously cheesy cutscenes and dialogue (as is standard in DMC) and a fair bit of replayability.

Devil May Cry HD Collection

Action / Hack 'n' Slash

Contains the first three games (special edition for DMC3) upgraded in high definition. If you've never played a Devil May Cry game before, this collection is definitely worth picking up. Trophy support included.

DiRT 2

Racing

The best rally racing experience of this generation. It has a fuck ton of cars and tracks, plus the style and music make this one impressive package. Also its pretty cheap now that its been out for a year or so. And if you enjoyed this, definitely get DiRT 3 as well, it's a whole new world.

DiRT 3: Complete Edition

Racing

Improves on DiRT 2 by adding weather conditions (snow, rain, fog, wet track) and also night racing. That, and the Gymkhana, which is a very fun event where you do crazy stuff such as spins and jumps in a closed parking-lot style arena. Has tons of cars, including old-time legends such as the Audi Quattro Pikes Peak and lots of cars from the 60s, 70s and 90s. Every location in the game is different from DiRT 2, which makes this a very fresh experience (meaning 100% less deserts and jungles, and 100% more mountains and savannas). Actually almost every bit of content in this game is new so it's worth to keep your DiRT 2 copy and get one of this as well since they both have great exclusive tracks and cars, so this sequel doesn't kill its predecessor in any way.

Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice

SRPG

A strategy RPG with an incredible amount of content. Has a goofy story that makes fun of itself, but nothing to write home about. Maximum experience level is 9999, but to finish the game you don't even need to make to level 500. Has tons of jobs, weapons, monsters, and other crap to earn. The graphics are pretty bad (indistinguishable from PS2 and PSP installments), but it doesn't stop the game from being fun.

Bundled with Disgaea 4 and Disgaea D2 in the Disgaea Triple Play Collection. Also available on the PS Vita with all the DLC bundled and some extra content.

Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten

SRPG

Arguably the best Disgaea in terms of gameplay, MC, and extras. This one has a brand new HD animation system and everything, which looks awesome. Also has a level editor mode, but it's been gimped in the NTSC-U and PAL versions to avoid "naughty" maps or some shit.

Bundled with Disgaea 3 and Disgaea D2 in the Disgaea Triple Play Collection. Also available on the PS Vita with all the DLC bundled and some extra content.

Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition

RPG

The story is pretty generic by WRPG standards, the graphics are somewhat muddy, and the controls aren't the greatest, especially considering that it's designed for the PC. But, hey, it's got some decent interactive storytelling, and while the characters can be kind of annoying at points, they're not terrible. If you want WRPGs on the PS3, you don't have a whole lot of options, and Dragon Age: Origins is decent, if a bit average. Stay away from the sequel though, and be sure to get the Ultimate Edition so you don't have to deal with the game telling you to buy its DLC.

Dragon Ball: Raging Blast

Fighting

What Burst Limit shared with Budokai, Raging Blast shared with Budokai Tenkaichi. This game is cool and has characters a plenty in a large environment and wide world.

Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2

Fighting

The sequel to the 1st Raging Blast, this time around the game has more characters, a better developed story mode, and that new red dude? (not Janemba) Well apparently BANDAI is now bringing out everything Dragon Ball with this because this dude is from some DBZ movie in Japan.

Dragon Ball XenoVerse

Action RPG / Fighting

Dragon Ball is back. Made by Dimps (the Budokai guys) in the Tenkaichi/Sparking! style. Now you can finally make your shitty Dragon Ball Z original character from when you were ten, you weeaboo. I bet he's a super saiyan and everything, loser.

Character customization is pretty great, the game is pretty fun, has MMO-esque aspects (some have compared online side-quests to Monster Hunter). Controls take some time getting used to, and grinding can be a chore if you didn't spec your character right for your playstyle. It's more of an Action RPG than a pure fighting game.

Pretty much pointless if you're not a Dragon Ball fan, but if you are, this a huge treat.

Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit

Fighting

Basically this is like if they remade Budokai but made its story better and more expansive with crisp graphics. The fighting is finally on par with the speed of the fighting in the show, and its got a fair number of characters to play as. Also features the over 9000 scene so now there's no reason not to buy this game.

Dragon's Crown

Beat 'em Up / RPG

2D beat'em up by Vanillaware. Multiple classes that can spec into different roles and have their own unique play-style, whimsical narration (it's like you're really playing tabletop, goddamn), multiple campaign routes, online multiplayer that requires teamwork, skill, and in-depth knowledge of the game to win, refined gameplay across all roles and classes and crisp visuals make for a must-have for any fan of beat'em ups and sword & sorcery tales. Controls can be a bit jarring at first (particularly touch-based stuff like cooking), but you get used to it after a while. Local co-op also takes getting used to in-town.Also on the Vita, which makes the town-based and touch-based stuff MUCH easier, can cross-play online and cross-save with PS3 (and vice-versa). Regrettably, it's not cross-buy.

Also get a load of those MASSIVE TITS.

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

Action RPG

Action RPG complete with customization, questing, and terrific combat. The story revolves around a fearsome dragon who invades your happy village, then proceeds to literally rip your heart out and eat it, as you are the chosen one and bad shit must happen to you. You'll venture throughout the land, slaying mounting a myriad of mythical beast and invading dungeons. The customization is complete with body-types, facial appearances and pawns. Pawns are your fellow peers who will assist you in fights as an AI, providing you with helpful information and a hand. Aside from your own main pawn, you'll hire pawns from other players all over the globe. Combat consist of a variety of special moves that are specific based on your class. Some of these skills can be carried over to different classes, making it worthwhile to invest in multiple classes.Rereleased as Dark Arisen with new enemies (including a new final boss), equipment, enhancements, augments, character customization options and an option for moonspeak. Please note that there is no upgrade option for the original game.

Driver: San Francisco

Racing / Driving / Being A Badass

After a couple of not-so-great games, the Driver series is finally back with a great game. Gone are the horrible on-foot mechanics that almost ruined the series (thank God). Also, it has a crazy-ass premise: Tanner is in a coma, but he doesn't know it. He does however notice that he has a new ability called Shift; he can FLY INTO THE AIR AND JUMP INTO ANOTHER CAR NEARBY whenever he wants. It sounds dumb but it totally works. There's also so much to do from various challenges, races, multiplayer modes and unlockable movie chases that you get to re-enact: Bullitt, The Blues Brothers, The French Connection, Vanishing Point and much more. Also, for the first time in the series: 130+ official licensed cars, including the Dodge Charger and Challenger, Ford Mustang, Bentley Continental GT, Fiat 500 and the Delorean DMC-12.

DuckTales: Remastered

Platformer

A remastering of the Capcom NES classic by the craftsmen over at WayForward, this also includes new levels, 2.5D HD sprites/visuals, 3D backgrounds designed by Mike Peraza and Rick Evans (Disney TV), voice acting from the original cast of the show (those still alive anyways), and a soundtrack by Jake Kaufman. The game is (arguably) a bit more balanced than the original release, as well, but some people complain this lowers the difficulty.

Dynasty Warriors 7 / Xtreme Legends

Action

The best Dynasty Warriors experience in years, The amount of battles and content is disturbing, and it will keep you busy for a long time. It goes without saying, if you like Dynasty Warriors, GET THIS GAME.Xtreme Legends adds extra content, such as new characters, weapons, and modes, however, save data from the original release of Dynasty Warriors 7 is required to access the Story Mode (which features two player co-op) and Conquest mode.Note: DW7: Empires is a bit of a different beast, but DOES let you transfer data from 7 and XL (especially DLC, thankfully).

Dynasty Warriors Gundam

Action

Basically the average Koei game but with a Gundam theme. Become a Gundam pilot from the series and nostalgia all over your TV screen out of the fun this game has with Gundams in general. Some people like it, some hate it, but try it for yourself man. Mainly for fans of the show since it was based off of an anime. Gundam knowledge is not required but it helps.Has a SHIN version coming out soon in JP land. Basically a revamp to make this as badass as later games. No word on localization though.

Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2

Action

More gundams, more stuff, basically what a sequel is supposed to be in general.

Dynasty Warriors: Gundams 3

Action

Again, moar gundam, moar gaem. Not much else to say; if you liked the ones before it you'll probably like this one too.

Eternal Sonata

RPG

Featuring Chopin as a character, along with some of his work. The unique battle system is like a cross between Tales/Star Ocean and Grandia. Lots of Chopin's music accompanied by a great original soundtrack. Quite linear, and not very deep. Has additional content (specifically, two more playable characters) not found on the 360 version.

F.E.A.R.

FPS / Horror

FPS/Horror hybrid. A few horror elements will make those less experienced in the genre jump. Online multiplayer.

Fallout 3: Game Of The Year Edition

Action RPG / FPS

Beginning with your father asking you what gender you are (and the option to change your mind at the age of 19), this sandbox RPG has been described as Bethesda's Oblivion, but with guns. Explore a post-apocalyptic wasteland as the Lone Wanderer after escaping the Vault your father left you to die in. Butthurt optional. Adds Karma (don't expect it to make sense, though :D) to the mix, allowing you to be either a saint or a total asshole who enslaves children and blows up a town. Obtaining the Game of the Year Edition is highly recommended, as there are a number of excellent DLC quests, as well as the Broken Steel expansion, which allows the game to continue after the original ending. Outclassed on almost all fronts by Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas, but still a moderately entertaining game.

Fallout: New Vegas: Ultimate Edition

Action RPG / FPS

Take Fallout 3, connect it to old Fallout canon in a meaningful way, add a faction reputation system, fully realized companions, and a level of content more reminiscent of Oblivion than Fallout 3. Made by Obsidian with the engine from Bethesda, New Vegas takes you into the Mojave Desert and lets you kick around in a sandbox full of infuriatingly powerful insects. Considered by Fallout fans to be more of a true Fallout game, the potential for roleplaying (and for acting like a moron when you give yourself 1 Intelligence) is greater, though the game can be quite buggy for some people. The Ultimate Edition adds in all of the DLC, which are all at least above average and worth a playthrough. Highly recommended to play this over Fallout 3.

Far Cry 3

FPS

Good gameplay mechanics. Gunplay feels realistic enough to be challenging, and arcade-like enough to be fun. While the game tries to bloat play styles, it mostly comes down to either going balls out or being stealthy. Pretty fun otherwise. Missions are your typical open-world type with races, hunting, assassinations, etc. The story has a good concept, but is bogged down by being overtly-pretentious and unnecessarily surreal at times. Characters are irritating, with the most interestingfucking annoying character Vaas getting little screen-time.

Final Fantasy X/X2 HD Remaster

RPG

A remaster of Final Fantasy X International and Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission for the PS3, the updated graphics look nice but the FMVs are just the PS2 FMVs re-rendered in 1080p and the voices aren't changed but the addition of the International bonuses and the HD graphics are worth replaying this game.

Note: It's also on PS4, that version has even better graphics and the option to choose between the original PS2 soundtrack or the arranged soundtrack.

Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage

Brawler

It's fucking Fist of the North Star! A spin-off to publisher Koei's Warrior series, although some say it isn't as good as the Dynasty Warrior games.

Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2

Brawler

So basically the first game but with more stuff included. More features, characters, and BADASSERY. Available as a disc in Europe, while in America is available only as a direct download. Has mixed reception among FotNS and Musou fans alike.

Folklore

Action RPG

An action-RPG where you unravel a murder mystery while fighting through various unique worlds alongside numerous monsters that you capture. Features colorful, vibrant graphics and sixaxis controls that actually work - and work well. Though you play as two different characters, you go through the same areas as each one, so it can get repetitive.

Formula One Championship Edition

Racing

This is a pretty good/decent racing game. The multiplayer is close to barren, but isn't bad if you can get a match going. I wouldn't suggest it to anyone but people who really like racing games.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game

Action

Bust ghosts with the original bustas as the newest member of the team. Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd actually wrote the game's story, and it ties up and effectively finishes what the first two movies intended to start. Even better, everyone is voiced by the actors who played them in the old movies! Think of this as Ghostbusters 3, because that's exactly what it is.

God of War Saga

Action / Hack 'n' Slash / Anger Simulator

The whole shabang. Includes God of War III and HD remasters of the first two games on disc. The PSP titles God of War: Chains of Olympus and God of War: Ghost of Sparta are included as downloads. If you want those on a disc, just get God of War: Origins Collection.

Some of the bosses and visuals in III are so massive and beautiful that you'll want to stop and just look around you. Also holy fuck you rip the fucking sun's fucking head off and use it as a flashlight what the fuck.

God of War: Ascension

Action / Hack 'n' Slash

It's more of the same. Nothing wrong with that. Another midquel. Definitely play God of War Saga first though, since it has 5 times as much content. Graphics pretty much max out the PS3's hardware (God of War III wasn't far behind).

Gran Turismo 5

Racing

It took a longass time, but the "next gen" Gran Turismo is finally out. Insane amounts of hours to be put into the verbose car tweakan.

No more online.

Gran Turismo 6

Racing

Just like 5, only bigger and better. Be prepared for a shitload of patches before you play for the first time, can take hours.

No more online.

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition

Sandbox

Arguably one of the best second best of the GTA franchise. If you're playing missions, you're doing it wrong. Prepared to laugh like a dingus when Roman calls you for the 400th time asking to see "BEEG AMERECAHN TEETEEZ"

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F

Rhythm

The popular fictional diva finally gets an American release with Project Diva F. The game contains 30+ songs, each with their own background videos, unlockables, and character customization. A fun rhythm game even if you're not a big fan of vocaloids. Released both digitally and physically in North America, though the physical release is pretty hard to find. Europe only got it digital.

House of the Dead: Overkill - Extended Cut

Light Gun / Being A Badass

A port of the Wii version with Move support and two additional chapters. House of the Dead takes on a 70's pulp Grindhouse cinema feel. Corny dialogue/acting, lots of MOTHERFUCKIN' swearing and tits, and plenty of blood. A combo system makes scoring high a test of pure skill, and there are a variety of different weapons to splatter zombies with. Hell, if you unlock DUAL GUN MODE, you can play by yourself dual wielding guns, or with four people on two teams. The best House of the Dead game EVER! Set a world record for most f-bombs (which was beaten by Mafia 2).

Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2

RPG / Kawaii / Desu / Moe

Kawaii SciFi Moe Anime: The Game: The Sequel. Improves a bit on the first game's tedious combat and travel systems, making it more of a breeze to go through the game and watch more girls and fanservice. Voice acting's a bit worse though, and the half dub doesn't help. It's a basic turn-based RPG\Visual Novel mix with dungeon crawler segments similar to those of Persona 3. There is an "affection system" that determines which ending you get. Also, there's a feature that allows you to customize the main character's hyper mode with your own pictures. Up to you whether the characters are perfect waifus or shallow. Riddled with animu tropes.

The Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collection

Action Adventure

A port of the two PS2 games that are always successfully used in "video games are art" arguments, with updated framerate, HD textures, anti-aliasing, trophies, better lighting, etc...

In Ico, you control a boy named Ico, and have to solve architectural puzzles to aid Princess Yorda in your joint escape, with occasional, shallow combat sections. The game's atmosphere is a big part of its critical appeal and timelessness. Plays very different from SotC.

In Shadow of the Colossus you play as Wander, and must seek out, climb, and slay sixteen Colossi. These long, awesome, puzzle/platformer battles form the bulk of the game, and are the only enemies. Very atmospheric.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey

Flight Simulation

Though less realistic than PC iterations, this is still a fine entry in the series. If you are unaware, IL-2 is a series of WWII themed flight combat games. Military buffs will get a kick out of this, as you can participate in famous battles and use authentic planes from the period including fighters, bombers, and attack aircraft. There is literally hundreds of aircraft to play with. The game engine also incorporates real time damage in your plane, and it's represented visually on screen.

This game focuses on the European front of WWII. Birds of Steel is a pseudo sequel to this game, though it focuses on America and Japan in the Pacific theatre.

inFAMOUS Collection

Action Adventure

Contains inFAMOUS and inFAMOUS 2, as well as the downloadable Festival of Blood. Sandbox game where you play as a man with lightning powers. Many of the powers are very satisfying to use. Features a cool story with comic book-esque cut-scences. The game boasts about it's moral choice system, which allows for some replay ability, though it's ultimately pretty uninteresting; Gameplay wise, it's pointless to not be either completely good or evil, as it's the only way to get the alignment exclusive abilities, which aren't very different from each other. Story wise, it feels pretty good to be a good guy, and is canon. The sequel has many many improvements over its already awesome predecessor. More awesome free roaming with some COOL HOT new abilities makes inFAMOUS 2 one COOL HEATED PARTY (He gets fire and ice powers). Festival of Blood is a fun little spin-off about Cole becoming a vampire.

Injustice: Gods Among Us - Ultimate Edition

Fighting

Injustice: Gods Among Us - MK9 but with a DC mod. While it does have some cool gimmicks, (stage transitions, clashes, interactive objects, charge attacks, etc.) the core gameplay is the same. If you like MK9 and/or DC, then it's a no brainer. Otherwise it's still worth a try to see if you like it.Ultimate Edition Includes all DLC.

Jak and Daxter Collection

3D Platformer

HELL YEAH MOTHERFUCKER. Jak and Daxter are back! Well, sort of. Not exactly the Jak 4 we wanted, but an awesome love letter to the fans. Includes the whole Jak PS2 trilogy on the PS3 for the first time ever in HD.

JoJo's Bizzare Adventure All-Star Battle

2.5D Fighting

MANLIEST GAME EVER , FUCK YOU.

That aside, this game is fucking beautiful, created by the same bunch of people who made the equally beautifully looking Naruto Storm games and Asura's Wrath, its basically a fighting game featuring a fuckton of JoJo characters (yes even Dio, I know you want to play as Dio) as they just battle it out and shit like every other fighter out there. Released in the west, so now nobody is safe!

Journey Collector's Edition

Compilation

Journey, flOw, and Flower, three critically acclaimed downloadable titles now bundled together on one disc. Great for those who enjoy owning physical copies of their games. Also comes with a one month trial of PlayStation Plus.

Just Cause 2

Sandbox

First game was famous for having infinite potential that it didn't live up to. This one comes much close to that potential. Run around a hugeass tropical island as a Latino Batman Spiderman while doing insane stunts with your mechanical wire and blowing shit up, just 'cause you can. Pretty good Sandbox shooter with a massive world, the biggest flaw of the game is the god-awful, hilarious voice acting.

PC version has a small modding community

Katamari Forever

Ball Rollan

A self-serving tribute to the Katamari Damacy series, much of its content is recycled from previous games, but now in 1080p and sporting several visual filters. It has loads of content, an all-new story and a great remixed soundtrack that picks up the best of previous games. There's nothing like the original Katamari Damacy, but if you're a big series fan, this is Namco's treat to you.

Killzone Trilogy

FPS

Contains the original Killzone updated in HD, Killzone 2, and Killzone 3 all on-disc. Multiplayer packs for 2 and 3 are included.

Decent story mode featuring British space-nazis, great online play. Even if you're not interested in another online FPS, you should still play for the story, which has some cool bosses.

The King of Fighters XIII

Fighting

Thanks to community feedback, SNK fixed problems from the previous title. With faster action, over six different play modes, clearer and vibrant backgrounds. repaired and improved online, NEOMAX supers, and rebalanced move lists, this is vastly improved from 12. Several fan faves like Yuri, King, Kula, K’, Maxima (NOBODY REAL MEN LIKE MAXIMA), and Mai also return. Gorgeous animations, and some fun fanservice (both meanings) alternate color-schemes/costumes. Of all the companies, this is being brought over by... ATLUS?! Yeah, I'm shocked, too. They even have a cool bonus edition set like they often do.

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX

Action RPG

North America and PAL regions finally get their hands on a translated version of Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix. Also includes Re: Chain of Memories and a movie version of 358/2 Days. The only problem with this is that Kingdom Hearts 1 has a few sound cutoffs and such and its noticeable, but its not enough to ruin the whole game for you. However this is only in SOME copies of the game. I've personally never encountered it.

Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX

Action RPG

Same situation as the 1.5 collection, only this time around, it's Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix, Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep: Final Mix and the movie scenes of Re:Coded (it's not worth watching). The story takes an absolute nose-dive into ridiculous confusion and homo-eroticism while making a trade off for the best gameplay experiences of the series. Some of the Final Mix additions in 2 include FOURTEEN EXTRA BOSS BATTLES, new cutscenes, new items, new Dark Souls tier difficulty, a bunch of new abilities and tons more. Birth By Sleep FM changes are similar to 2, yet changed from the original is the inclusion of Second Chance + Once More being available in Level 1 mode, so it's easier this time around.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Adventure / Action-RPG / Hack n Slash-ish

Kingdoms of Amalur is a mix of some good games, and it comes together in a nice way. It mixes bits of TES, God of War, and and Fable in many good ways and has a pretty great atmosphere. With a pretty decent storyline (written by authors such as R.A. Salvatore), and plenty of other side quests, the world in Reckoning feels very much alive. The lore is very rich (hence the TES inspiration), the combat is mostly hack n slash-y (like God of War), and the graphics and atmosphere of Fable is present and makes the world very fantastical. The only real complaints with this game is that at times it feels a little empty, but you'll be too indulged in the world to notice or really care too much.

LittleBigPlanet 2

Platformer

A butt load more content then ever before and you are able to customize your own story. There's pretty much no reason not to get this over the first one. Multiplayer and customization go further than just pure platforming now. Some of the best user-made stuff is damn impressive.

Lollipop Chainsaw

Action Adventure

SUDA 51 and James Gunn brings you a pretty decent action game, about a cheerleader killing zombies while her boyfriend's head is strapped to her belt. Gameplay is built around knocking zombies out with your pom poms, dropkicks and whatnot and then finishing them off with your chainsaw. (Or you could just abuse armadillo spin.) Very short, but lots of replay value with online leaderboards and loads of unlockables like new costumes, moves, songs and art. If you're the kind of person who plays through games once and that's it, you might be disappointed.

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

TPS

Fight giant bugs and monsters on foot or in in mechs. The biggest complaint about this game is the thermal energy index, which pretty much serves as a time limit.Superior "Colonies Edition" available on the Xbox 360 and PC.

Lost Planet 2

TPS

Like the first but way better. First off, the world isn't frozen any more so your thermal energy doesn't constantly run out (no more time limit). Second off, campaign is up to 4 player co-op, including 2 person split-screen, however split-screen doesn't utilize the full screen, similar to other Capcom games. Competitive multiplayer is nothing special.

Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom

Action Adventure / Platformer

Good game with a lot of heart. The graphics are nice, 3D platforming is decent, and has an old school puzzling charm about it. Somewhere between Ico, Zelda, and Castlevania. Recommended if you can get over the fact it has some of the most FUCKAWFUL VOICE ACTING.

Created by Game Republic (creators of Folklore, Genji) before they imploded into nonexistence.

Mass Effect Trilogy

RPG/TPS

The story is about Commander Shepard and his/her favourite shop on the citadel fight against the Reapers, the greatest threat that ever occurred in space.The player can model Shepard after his likings, adjusting things like gender or look. The decisions of the player are also of importance, influencing not only the story of Mass Effect, but also its successors, Mass Effect 2 and 3 only Mass Effect 2.

Max Payne 3

TPS

Best gunplay in the series, however the comic book panel storytelling method has been replaced by unkippable cutscenes and many criticize it for "not being Max Payne" because of the new cover and "last stand" mechanics, as well as not being "noir" enough. Still a solid game overall and worth it to find out how much more of a fuck up Max can be.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Hack 'n' Slash / Cyborg Ninja Simulator

The closest thing to Devil May Cry 5 that you will ever play. Devil May Cry 5 has been announced. This follows the exciting adventures of Raiden, the weird dude from the fourth game who was using his cybernetic enhancements to have fight-sex with that vampire guy. Made by Platinum games, who made other kick-ass games such as Bayonetta and Vanquish. Naturally, the story and dialogue are insane, even by Metal Gear standards. The story mode only lasts about 5 hours, so most of the time spent playing will be for getting 100% completion with collectibles, dying while trying to kill the President, and the 20 (+40 DLC) VR Missions. More story DLC available where you get to play as different characters.

Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection

Tactical Espionage Action

The entire main series of Metal Gear Solid in the palms of your hands. Contains Metal Gear 1 & 2 (part of the Metal Gear Solid 3 bonus content), downloadable vouchers for Metal Gear Solid and the VR Missions, as well as discs for both Metal Gear Solid HD Collection and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

The HD Collection includes Sons of Liberty, Snake Eater and Peace Walker in one package with improved resolution and widescreen presentation. Most of the Substance and Subsistence extras are present, except the skateboard mode and Snake VS Monkey mode. If you're a Metal Gear fan, especially if you dont own a PSP, you need this.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots takes the rapidly-aging Solid Snake on his final mission. The game was intended to be the end-all-be-all finale of the entire franchise, and you should arguably play it last (even after later games like MGSV) if you want absolute closure. It is somewhat more action-oriented, but higher difficulties will demand expert stealth. Holds a Guinness World Record for longest cutscene (the end of the game is 71 minutes long--to be fair it feels a lot shorter).

Mirror's Edge

First-Person Running

First person action/platformer focused on parkour. If you can get a hang of the controls and keep your cool whenever you mess up, it can be an amazing experience. Almost hospital-like sterile graphics (motherfucking 3 colours, but done with CLASS) and the big city atmoshpere make it absolutely a must-have if you're searching kind of gamer. Not for the ADD gamer. Beautiful music.

Modnation Racers

Racing

United Front Games' first release. After the success of LittleBigPlanet's Play Create Share, concept, the game was the big karting game on PS3 (sorry, no Unkarted, it looks like). A ridiculous difficulty made the game hard to get into, but the level creator worked well.

Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition

Fighting

FINISH HIM! This entry abandons the Soul Calibur-style 3D formula of Deadly Alliance and the other PS2-gen titles, and goes back to the 2D formula of the classic titles (with modern additions and 3D graphics). The gore has been stepped up to a never before seen level. Has 4 DLC characters out: Rain, Kenshi, Skarlet, and Freddy Krueger. The PS3 version includes Kratos as a character, making it the definitive version.

MotorStorm

Racing

Hailed as the first "next-gen" racer. Lacks splitscreen multiplayer, unfortunately. Also lacks trophies, due to being released before the PS3 had them. Race jeeps, trucks, motorcycles, and other shit all at once. Controls may seem tough at first.

MotorStorm: Pacific Rift

Racing

A lot better than the first. Has splitscreen and trophies now.

MotorStorm: Apocalypse

Racing

A bigger, better, badder Motorstorm. Alright single-player and absolutely incredible multiplayer (online and off). Unfortunately, many feel that it doesn't live up to the Motorstorm name.

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations

Fighting

Basically has more of the Shippuden story along with the characters from the original series mixed in there as well. Also has some new anime content made just for the game itself. Like every other one, it's recommended for fans of the show mostly, but it's still a good fighting game to check out nonetheless. Has a sequel called Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 but is considered worse because of various reasons (Cut side combos for ALL characters, less modes, Pre-time skip characters in, Only 12 new characters, online still unbalanced.) Stick with Generations till CC2 gets their shit together.

It's also the only game in the UNS series to not get a PC Port, but hey, that's what RPCS3 is for, y'know?

Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

RPG

A beautifully done JRPG that has tons of things to do in it. As Oliver, you're sent to save an alternate universe so that your mom can be brought back to life in your world. The game's combat can be played out in many ways; Oliver can go into battle as a mage and wreck shit with his spells (be sure to have LOADS of MP though), or send out a familiar to fight the battle in a more traditional turn-based, melee approach. The familiars are pretty cool, and are basically Pokemon, in the sense that they can evolve, learn new moves, and also cast special magic. This is a great game, and a good entry-level JRPG for someone who isn't afraid to grind occasionally. Many of the environments have a filter over them that gives them the look of being painted, which is very nice. As with Studio Ghibli movies, expect really nicely animated cutscenes (that are a bit few and far between), and the typical off the wall humor. Another great thing about this game is the fact that there are many different variations of enemies within the game, with each specific area having a set type of wildlife. Plenty of side quests, too.

NIER [JP: NIER Gestalt]

Action RPG

Sequel to ending E of the PS2 game Drakengard, NIER is a game set in a dying world where a father does everything and more to provide for his sick daughter. Has an unusual cast of characters and a layered, powerful story, which isn't afraid to ask the Big Questions. Cold and hazy environments reminiscent of Shadow of the Colossus; combat could really use a lock-on system, and is otherwise it's biggest weakness is great provided you get good. Excellent soundtrack and voice acting. A very solid and distinctive game that will satisfy everyone looking for a short RPG or a good story.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma

Action

A beautiful remake of the original Xbox's Ninja Gaiden, now in glorious 1080p. Contains SHIT FUCKING TONS of additional content. Also, prepare to die a lot, as it's still hard as balls like the original.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2

Action

The sequel to Ninja Gaiden Sigma and the PS3's refined version of Ninja Gaiden II for the Xbox360. This is obviously supposed to be the improved edition of the Xbox 360 one, and pretty much everything about it is better, except for two things: toned down violence and reduced difficulty. WHAAAAAT!? Get over it though, because this version has shit tons more content and is visually superior.

No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise

Beat 'Em Up

A hilarious, violent, and over the top beat-em-up which is a port of the Wii version (Move support included). You play as Travis Touchdown, a would be #1 killer, who also does various side jobs to make pay for entry fees and pumping up his gear and body. The characters and voice acting are fantastic. The boss battles in particular are quite cleverly designed. Only the western versions contain gore. Also includes some of the bosses from NMH2 and a gallery mode DLC (1$), featuring fan service ready Sylvia for your right arm's delight.

Odin Sphere Leifthrasir

Beat 'em Up/RPG

2D beat'em up by Vanillaware. Remake of the PS2 classic. Similar to Muramasa and Dragon's Crown. This one has improved visuals, combat, and item management. The story is told from five different view points, each of which you will control throughout the game.

One Piece: Pirate Warriors

Action

One Piece meets Dynasty Warriors. You go through the story from the beginning of the East Blue arc all the way through the 2 year timeskip through cutscenes and flashbacks. It's disc based in JP/EU, though sadly only digital in US, and at a whopping 11GB to boot. Best bet is to import the euro version. There's no funimation dub, only subs this time around. Sequel already out for PS3/Vita and is obviously better than the original.

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2

Action

Sequel to the latter, blah, blah, blah. Improves among the last game adding mre characters, new stories, and all that good sequel stuff. Story mode this time around isn't as following to the plot as the first, rather than it being its own seperate thing. Theres also a PSVita version, but JP only.

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

Fighting

The popular RPG franchise gets a fighting game! Great netcode, story lasts around 30–40 hours, and is faster paced than Blazblue. Pretty good for getting into fighting games in general too. Ultimax is the latest version and the one everyone is playing right now. It brings even more characters from both Person 3 and 4. It also expands the story even more and you can buy the story of the first game as DLC.

Protip: This is important, if you want to reduce lag in online matches, do not skip the match intros.

Portal 2

FPS / Puzzle

This game is leaps and bounds better than Portal in every way (but not really), although short it is definitely worth your time. This game is great and has co-op that actually requires the players to work together as opposed to just lone wolfing.

Prototype

Action / Sandbox

You are virusman! All you need to know about this game is that you can do an elbow-drop off the top of the Empire State Building. The story is muddled but it centers around your character Alex being a giant dick face. It's silly to even consider him a hero at all, even though he's being characterized as one. Also your love interest is your sister? Graphics are shit, enemy AI is shit, and the controls are shit, but it's greater than the sum of it's parts.

Pure

Racing

High-intensity ATV racing. Awesome music, beautiful graphics, and sick stunts to perform in midair amidst an awesome guitar riff for no goddamn reason except for looking badass. All the more surprising is that it was published by Disney of all companies. Only setback is that it suffers from a nasty case of rubberbanding, which makes it artificially harder, but also makes winning extremely satisfying. A sequel was planned but got canceled due to low sales.

R.U.S.E.

RTS

Don't be turned away by the presence of a console RTS, R.U.S.E. is fun to play on any platform, and best of all the PS3 version supports the Move controller!

Ratchet and Clank Collection

Platformer / TPS

Three of the best PS2 games around and etc all packed into one big ol' collection thats more bang for your buck. Also the only way to play UYA multiplayer due to the PS2 servers being shut down.

WARNING: There are many bugs documented here, so some would argue this makes the collection inferior to the originals.

Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Platformer / TPS

The same gunning and platforming action you've come to love. Now with Pixar-esque graphics. Fucking hilarious cut-scenes and some great dialogue, but the plot can be cliche at points. Notably this has recently been re-released as a greatest hits title, dropping the price down to 29.99 and giving it one of those sweetass red cases. Now there's no reason not to own this.

Ratchet and Clank Future: Quest for Booty

Platformer / TPS

The second game in the future trilogy. A short but sweet Ratchet and Clank title released at a lower price for download from the PSN (and as a disk in PAL territories). Features less content than usually find in Ratchet and Clank, but still fun to play. Has more puzzling and platforming than shooting, seeing as the game pulls a Samus on you right at the beginning. Colorful environments, robot pirates, and zombie robot pirates included.

Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time

Platformer / TPS

The latest Ratchet and Clank installment, and the final game in the "Future" trilogy. Lengthy and full of moons/planets to explore. Weapon selection is a bit skimpy early on, in an otherwise fantastic sequel. It's everything you've come to expect of R&C on PS3.

Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One

Co-Op / Platformer / TPS

Basically Sony's own version of Gauntlet: Dark Legacy, or New Super Mario Bros. in its own light. You can play as all 4 (duh) of the Ratchet characters featured on the box art. Has online co-op as well. Not as good as earlier entries in the series but hey, still a Ratchet and Clank game.

Rayman Origins

Platformer

A really good game with a lot of beautifully stunning artwork much like the 1st Rayman game. Kinda like New Super Mario Bros. in which it has local 4-player consisting of Rayman, Globox, and two Teensie's.

Rayman Legends

Platformer

Sequel to Origins. More 2D platforming fun with even more beautiful visuals. Great for co-op. If you are a fan of platformer games, these two are a must.

Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition

Sandbox / Action/ Being a Western Dickhead

It's essentially Grand Theft Horse. Multiplayer leaves a lot to be desired, just like GTA, but it's still good for a laugh. There's also bear huntin'. Includes the Undead Nightmare DLC. You get to kill Zombies and saves towns and shit. You also get to kill MOTHERFUCKING BIGFOOT!

Red Faction: Guerrilla

TPS / Sandbox

Open-world sandbox environment that's gameplay revolvs around it's destructible environments. Multiplayer is surprisingly refreshing. Campaign is fun though the music and story are weak. Difficulty gets easier as it goes on, except at the very end when almost every enemy has guass-rifles. The destruction element is the focus here, and it adds more to the fun than you would expect. DLC for more maps online and in wrecking crew mode available, story mode DLC also available.

PC version suffers from some porting issues but has a small modding community.

Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition

TPS / Survival Horror

Plays like Resident Evil 4, looking and feeling far more like an action/adventure game than survival horror, making this a loved/hated game among RE fans. This time you play as Chris Redfield in sub-saharan Africa. Pretty good single player campaign, great if you play through with a second player, and any of the various other multi-player modes make for good fun too. Gold Edition has several added features including additional play modes and Move support. PS3 version has PS Move features not available on other consoles.

Resident Evil: Revelations

Survival Horror

An HD Port of the Nintendo 3DS version. Opinions of the game differ, some liking the game alot, thinking it's a return to form of the prior Resident Evil titles. Others think it's boring and gameplay wise a step down from Resident Evil 5 and 6. A hard sell at it's full pricetag, but if you can get it for cheap, it's absolutely worth a look.

Resistance Collection

FPS

Includes Resistance 1-3, a series of FPS from the Ratchet & Clank guys. As you would expect, the games feature a lot of crazy guns. But not only that, each one has a secondary fire function. The first game can feel a little clunky and dated, due to things like, oldschool health bar, sparse checkpoints, and zoom having to be toggled on/off. (instead of just holding down the zoom button when you want to zoom). The collection is worth picking up for 3 alone, far and above the best of the three, with a great story/world and a very slick art direction.

Resonance of Fate

RPG

Known as End of Eternity in Japan, this is a somewhat slow JRPG with a steep learning curve, complex battle mechanics, and a pretty good story revolving around the climate wreaking havoc on humanity. The story takes a back seat to the actual gameplay. Characters are fairly generic Cowboy Bebop clones (especially Vashyron, who is by far the best character and voiced by NOLAN NORTH). The environments are also gorgeous.

Ridge Racer 7

Racing

It's Ridge Racer. RIIIIIIIIDGGEEE RAAACERRRRR! An arcade racer with an emphasis on high speed and over-the-top drifting, to the point where the brake button is never used. Despite the name, this is basically Ridge Racer 6 with new tracks. You can also customize/upgrade your cars now, which is pretty nifty.

Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny

Action RPG

Inspired by Harvest Moon at it's base, like all titles in the Rune Factory series, Tides of Destiny takes us in a more action oriented direction. The combat is reasonably well done and all of your farming will be done by capturing and raising monsters. The world is much larger than other titles in the series and involves a great deal of roaming the oceans raising islands atop your enourmous golem servant. As always there's a host of bachelorettes to choose from (9 plus your childhood friend), however as you can choose to become a female character after completing the game there are also bachelors to chose from. The game is far better than Frontier, if you're a fan of this type of game you will enjoy it.

Saint Seiya: Sanctuary Battle

Fighting

Basically a true to the heart Saint Seiya game. Nicely based off of the anime and all. If you have no idea what this shit is, then it's also called Knights of the Zodiac in regions like America. Kinda has the Dynasty Warriors feel to it. Altogether a pretty good game if your a fan of the show. It's only been released in EU/JP with special territories like Brazil and Mexico on account of how much those countries love this series.

Saints Row 2

Sandbox

Basically Grand Theft Auto IV, except without the brown and seriousness. If you like any Grand Theft Auto before IV you'll probably like this. Also, it has an awesome character creator.There is a PC port available, but it is the worst fucking PC port known to man.

Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes

Hack n Slash

A flamboyant Dynasty Warriors-esque hack-n'-slash game. This is the third game in the series, but US only got the first, renamed Devil Kings and full of edits. Now you can properly bask in the VERY over-the-top action re-telling of the Japan's war-torn Sengoku period. It may not be historically accurate, but it's still one of the most enjoyable of the "slashing hundreds of soldiers" style action games.If you can handle the moonrunes and importing, Sengoku BASARA 3 Utage (this, but better) is preferable. You can learn more about it HERE.

Shadows of the Damned

Action / Third Person Shooter

killer7, Resident Evil 4, Silent Hill, and Devil May Cry had an orgy and this popped out. Gaming's crazy rapist uncle Suda51 (killer7, No More Heroes) teamed up with Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil, Vanquish, God Hand) and Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill) to bring us Shadows of the Damned. You play as Garcia Hotspur, demon hunter extraordinaire. Garcia's hot girlfriend is kidnapped by the Lord of the Underworld. Garcia follows the lord to hell in order to save her. With Johnson, his British former-demon sidekick who also serves as his gun/motorcycle/tourguide through hell, Garcia must save his girlfriend before satan fucks her. The game is full of sexual innuendo and plenty of other jokes. It plays like Resident Evil 4 and killer7, only better. It is worth a buy for sure. A word of warning however, it has a disturbingly low replay value, as the only unlockable is a "Hell" difficulty, but this game is obscenely fun.

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

Turn-based strategy

A wonderfully simplified console port of your average Civilization game. Online multiplayer is a blast. Matches can stretch for hours at a time. Plus it has a textbook's worth of historical info in the extras section.

Siren: Blood Curse

Survival Horror

Re-imagining of the original Siren/Forbidden Siren game for PS3. Horror story roughly in the style of Silent Hill. Contains elements of stealth and bashing the undead ("shibito" in the game) and is structured in tv-style episodes. The backstory and environment are incredibly interesting, the atmosphere is on par with Silent Hill (both series were created by the same guy) although it's definitely a lot more Japanese than that series (for starters, it's actually set in Japan and not Statesville, Americaland, and utilizes a lot of Japanese horror tropes). The camera is kinda terrible, but if you're into survival Horror then it's nothing you won't be able to handle. Incredibly underrated but definitely not recommended if you don't like horror games à la Silent Hill.No box release in Murrika, so either import from Europe or get it off of PSN.

Skate 3

XTREEM Sports / Simulation

Take Tony Hawk, make it more realistic, more slow-paced, and less arcadey, and you've got the Skate series.

Note to anyone who played the demo and is interested in buying the game: the recent patches made hardcore mode way better. The grinding feels a lot better. If you intend on buying DLC; get After Dark (free), and the Skate Create upgrade pack (not free). Supposedly there is an upcoming DLC similar to the Skate 2 Classic Pack, get that too when it's out. There is DLC that has the San Vanelona Art Gallery including Reg's and the new Maraffa Skate park. Probably the best of all of the DLC. Get it.

Sleeping Dogs

Action / Sandbox

A sandbox game. You play as Wei Shen, undercover cop who has infiltrated a Hong Kong triad. The game takes place on a fictionalized version of the island. Solid story. The gameplay has quite some variety but none of the missions/activities really stand out as being particularly bad. The combat is pretty good. It takes elements from the recent Batman games like how the enemies attack you one at time and the and the counter system is overpowered. Has about 15 hours worth of story (10-12 if you have ever played a game before) and another 15 if you want to 100% the game. Makes references to some of the classic martial arts action flicks. Doesn't do anything really new or different aside from the setting, but it's still a lot of fun.

The Sly Collection

Platformer / Stealth

Glorious HD re-release of the Sly Cooper trilogy from PS2. Not only is the collection presented in glorious redone HD graphics, but it also has 3D support and added minigames with Move support. Great fun and a must have if you love platformers.

WARNING: Some content is missing, and there are loads of bugs that some argue make this inferior to the originals, documented here.

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time

Platformer / Stealth

Everyone's favorite stealthy, raccoon thief is back! Created by Sanzaru Games, who ported the PS2 games to the HD collection, they clearly cared a lot about the series and it shows. Thieves in Time is a full-fledged sequel to the original series whose main plot-line includes time travel. This makes for more varied and interesting level designs, as well as introduces a new gameplay mechanics involving Sly's ancestors previously mentioned in earlier games but never seen. Despite this, it's as you remember. Sly is still one smooth operator. This game is a dream for fans who never thought they'd get a Sly 4.

SOCOM: Confrontation

TPS / Combat

Third person military action fun with the ability to order your squad around with voice commands.

Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed

Racing

Fucking really cool racing game that improves on the previous game by adding the ability to transform into planes and boats in order to mix up the racing circuit. Fun as hell game, but just don't listen to the fucking faggots who just like saying it's a Mario Kart rip-off and have fun. The first game is worth playing too, especially since some characters are only in it (like Ryo Hazuki and the Bonanza Bros.). However, it's solely ground-based driving.

Sonic Generations

Platformer / GOTTA GO FAST SIMULATOR

Play as both modern sonic and classic sonic. Play through 2D and 3D variations of some good ol' nostalgic levels in this one in a quest to save the world from The Time Eater. Basically did a good job of putting Sonic back in the charts in terms of gameplay, even if nostalgia was a major part of this game.Has a Nintendo 3DS variation with different levels, songs, and bosses.Also, while this is good in itself, you may or may not prefer the PC version for mods and level edits.

Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection

Collection

Amazing collection of classic genesis titles. Also features a few games great for couch co-op with friends like the Golden Axe games, and the Sonic games.STREETS OF RAGE 2! Warning: sound emulation is kinda off. For most, it's convenient to have the games in one place and also to "show em online", but die-hards are better off with other collections and emulation services (i.e. the downloads on PSN or Nintendo's VC). Pretty cool though (and cheap). Not a bad gift idea, either.

Sonic Unleashed

Platformer / GOTTA GO FAST

This game has gotten shit many times around, but the PS3/360 versions are the way to go, bacause they have better graphics and slightly improved gameplay (eventhough werehog is still absolute shit, as in "Every nighttime mission feels like waiting in line for a roller coaster ride" shit). This game has awesome daytime gameplay nonetheless. Buy it if you hated sonic 06, and want something better. Or if you're just a sonic fan. Whatever you favor best.

Soul Calibur IV

Fighting

The fourth Soulcalibur amps up the fanservice even more, now with more revealing outfits that fall apart during battle. Includes many new characters designed by notorious manga artists along with Star Wars characters. The combat system is fairly meh, but the character creation system alone is in-depth and flexible enough to be very fun. A pretty-looking diversion.

Soul Calibur V

Fighting

A neat entry in the series starring a few of the returning cast or their descendants. This one features Ezio Auditore in what looks to be his ACB style. Which is almost accurate by the time this game is placed in surprisingly (margin of error was by a century, oh well). This entry is pretty much entirely focused on the obsessively deep character creator and online play, which is only a bad thing if you were looking for a story mode and rofl who cares about story in fightan gaems.

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

Action / Stealth

Holy Tits, Batman! There are multiple Spider Guys? You bet your limp dick there are. And you (yes you, faggot) get to help them find rocksreassemble reality. Includes Spider Man 2099, The Amazing Spider Man, Spider Man Noire, and The Ultimate Spider Man. (Seriously, 2099 is fun as fuck)

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

Doing whatever a Spider can

You can literally spend hours just swinging around the huge recreation of Marvel's version of New York City(complete with Stark Tower). When you aren't doing that, there's a good spidey game in there too.

Split/Second

Racing / Action

An awesome title from Blackrock, the guys who made Pure. It's a racing game, but instead of trying to pass your opponents through driving skill, you can instead blow up the environment around them, destroying their car and knocking them out of the race momentarily. Amazing set pieces to alter the track you are racing on, made all the more amazing by its beautiful graphics engine. There are only eleven tracks, but no race is the same no matter now many times you race on it, so it's not an issue. Online multiplayer is also a blast (literally and figuratively).

Tales of Graces F

Action RPG

Originally a Wii exclusive, this is one of the few Team Destiny games to make it over since Tales of Eternia. A lot different than most other Tales games. Uses the Chain Capacity point system from Tales of Destiny. It's also the first localized Tales game for the PS3. This is the 3rd revision of the game since it's inital release so there is more content than before.

Tales of Xillia

Action RPG

A good Tales game. The story is excellent combined with Xillia 2 (also great), staying true to the Tales formula while introducing enough twists to keep the player intrested. The irriating characters from Graces are gone, and replaced with the best and most likeable cast since Vesperia (also worth a go, new translation patch can be found via Romhacking.net). Combat, while no where near Graces' level, is still great and follows Vesperia's formula. Boss fights in this game are actually quite challenging requiring different strategies and actual timing instead of button mashing. Dungeons are less than stellar and are cluttered with repetitive grunts but the overall package is worth trying out.

Tekken 6

Fighting

Had somewhat laggy netcode in the beginning, but now it's as good as every other fighter out there. If you like Tekken, get this. The biggest complaint about this version is that juggling has gotten a little out of control. If you're a fan of previous titles, you'll fucking HAET new Rage system. And yes, you CAN'T turn it off. Also, if you like to play it alone, get ready for Azazel. This motherfucker is even worse than Jinpachi. MUCH WORSE.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Fighting

Supperior limb based combat! Features the largest roster in any Tekken game to date (59 in total). Players now have the option to play either 2v2, 2v1, or 1v1, supporting up to four players in one match. Also includes various online modes, a new tutorial mode called "Fight Lab" in which you train as a Combot, and a stage gimmick system which can involve a player being knocked into a new area only to be pummeled by the opponent's partner.

Time Crisis: Razing Storm

Light Gun / Rail Shooter

A re-release of Time Crisis 4 that also includes Razing Storm, a Time Crisis spinoff where you're some dudes on steroids destroying everything. If two awesome Time Crisis games weren't enough, this ALSO includes Deadstorm Pirates, another pretty fun arcade shooter that is definitely on easy mode, as you are a pirate god and have unlimited bullets. Not only do you get three kickass arcade shooters, this works with BOTH the Guncon 3, if you have it, and the Playstation Move! If you enjoy arcade shooters, there is absolutely NO reason to get vanilla TC4 over this.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2

Modern Tactical TPS / Squad Based

The story mode takes place not even 24 hours after the first one ended. Still Clancy crap though. Combat has been vastly improved, and the AIs are even better. Get this version over the original if you can find it, the story is easy to catch on to.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas

Squad Based / Tactical

It's Rainbow Six, but in Las Vegas. Leading a squad down the Vegas strip and through casinos filled with sounds of slot machines does not get old. Plenty of people still play this and its sequel online.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2

Squad Based / Tactical

More awesome Rainbow Six Vegas action with better graphics and multiplayer. Story is on par with the first game but both are worth playing through. Also there's a new terrorist hunt mode where you go around with bros fighting the impressive AI enemies around the multiplayer maps. Much fun to be had. An all-around improvement on an already amazing game.

Tomb Raider Trilogy

Action Adventure / 3D Platformer

A collection of 3 Tomb Raider games made by Crystal Dynamics (Legend, Anniversary and Underworld). Legend is the first reboot of the series, it follows Lara's search for fragments of an ancient sword and is based on Arthurian legends, Underworld is the follow-up game completing the story. Anniversary is a remake of the original Tomb Raider from 1996.

All of the games are very nice platforming experiences with fun gameplay that connects jumping, shooting and puzzle solving.

Tomb Raider

Action Adventure

Another (after Legend) complete reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise, and far more radical this time. Follows young Lara on her first ever adventure during which she will find herself struggling to survive on a mysterious, mythical island after her ship, on which she travelled along with her crew, gets wrecked. Has a good story and gameplay, pretty graphics and semi-open world with some additional stuff to do. Unfortunately there is little to none actual Tomb Raiding, but you will have plenty of fun nonetheless. Also protip: for maximum fun, try playing with the bow only.

The Definitive Edition is out now and contains all of the downloadable content, so that version is recommended.

Transformers:War for Cybertron

TPS / Vehicle Combat

Do NOT mistake this for one of those HORRIBLE licensed Transformers games. This game does not tie in to any of the movies. It's a unique third person shooter, coded in the Unreal 3 Engine. Has online multiplayer. Received good reviews.

Transformers:Fall of Cybertron

TPS / Vehicle Combat

Direct sequel to the game above and likely one of the best games based off Hasbro's long-running franchise available. The core gameplay is far from being revolutionary, revolving around you navigating though rather linear stages while taking out enemies with a variety of long-range weapons. However, each mission is played as a different Autobot\Decepticon, which adds a few interesting twists to how the game is played: Optimus has to assign key targets to be taken down, Cliffjumper is a sneaky bastard, Grimlock FUCKS SHIT UP AS A MOTHERFUCKIN' T-REX and so on.

Basically, it's a good TPS for everybody, and a really solid title for any /m/an or fan of the franchise, ESPECIALLY because, again, this has no relation to the awful licensed games based on Bay's shit, and the team developing this actually did their homework, going as far as digging up the comics to come up with stuff such as the reimaginated origin for the Dinobots.

A reboot to the Twisted Metal series. The game was praised for its multiplayer and gameplay, though criticisms include lack of characters in the main campaign (only four), sometimes difficult controls, and little DLC (no new vehicles or maps). May not be as good as Twisted Metal Black, but still worth a try.

Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3

Fighting

IT'S ULTIMATE MAHVEL BAYBEE!!! 12 new characters, bringing up the roster to 48. Rebalanced (except Wesker), and a much, MUCH more playable online, and other stuff, like new stages and a mode where you play as Galactus. What's also new is "Heroes and Heralds" mode, which lets you collect cards of characters that give you insane abilities like Parry and Invisibility. Also playing as Heroes/Heralds unlocks Silver Surfer-esque costumes for Capcom/Marvel characters. PRINGLES AS FUCK.

Ultra Street Fighter IV

Fighting

The new, NEW, NEW edition of Street Fighter IV, includes six new stages and five new characters in addition to those included in previous installments.

Uncharted:Drake's Fortune

Adventure / TPS

An Indiana Jones-style adventure in which a handsome American archaeologistgets tangled up in Caribbean terrorism whilst destroying priceless archaeological ruins. The jungle environment brings out vividly-colored levels and shooting is dynamic and cover-based a la Gears of War. A very well-crafted adventure.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Game of the Year Edition

Adventure / TPS / Movie

Nathan Drake's next adventure takes him to the Himalayas. Uncharted 2 amplifies the formula established in the first game, but stunned critics with its astoundingly-crafted set pieces and wonderfully cinematic style; it really is like playing through an adventure movie. Some bland and unnecessary puzzles break up the action on occasion. Solid multiplayer.

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Game of the Year Edition

Adventure / TPS / Movie

The third game in the Uncharted series holds up to its predecessors. This one follows Nathan Drake to the Arabian Desert. Story might not be as good as the second one but it's close, and the multiplayer is improved (minus microtransactions). Filled with crazy set peices as usual, including one particularly bad ass Arabian Nights horseback segment.

Valkyria Chronicles

SRPG / TPS

Mostly a strategy RPG, but allows you to manually control each unit on their turn, in third-person shooter form. A very anime story that dips into drama, romance and comic relief with a pseudo-magical wartime backdrop. Every recruit has their own traits and personality. Pleasant watercolor-like visuals and sound effects. Definitely a successful genre experiment with somewhat unbalanced difficulty (leaning towards overly easy), worth a look for SRPG or RPG fans.

Vanquish

TPS

A fast-paced, arcade-esque shooter by Shinji Mikami and developed by Platinum Games. A cheesy America vs. Russia story serves as the backdrop for this fun, visually stylish game that penalizes you for taking cover too often and is all about racking up points. Its power-sliding mechanic is already being copied by every important upcoming shooter. Its greatest shortcoming is probably its cumbersome ammo aquisition system, but it's still a total blast. The story is hard to follow, even harder to care about.

The Walking Dead: Game of the Year Edition

Adventure, Graphic Novel

A graphic adventure game based on the Walking Dead comic book series, which also takes place in the same universe (though the game mostly focuses on its own original characters). The player follows Lee Everett, a convicted murderer who escapes on his way to prison amidst the chaos of the zombie apocalypse, and a young girl he meets named Clementine.

The story progresses based on the player's choice of dialogue or the actions they take during quick time events, usually resulting in a different outcome, such as a character getting killed, or a character changing their opinion of you. The game also sports an appealing visual style based on the comics, and recieved a lot of praise for its characters and plot.

Includes an extra episode titled The Walking Dead: 400 Days that bridges the gap between this game and its sequel.

Way of the Samurai 3

Action Adventure / Sandbox

Continues the same gameplay and style as the first two (which are on the recommended list of PS2 games), but now has a stronger emphasis on 'good vs. evil' (unlike KotOR, the choices you make have long term effects), though here it's more 'honorable vs. greedy'. The only real flaw of the game is graphics; they're not bad by any means, but they could be much, much better for a seventh generation game. However, it is still highly recommended unless you disliked the first two.

Way of the Samurai 4

Action Adventure / Sandbox

The fourth in this series of highly replayable, sandbox style samurai games. This one takes place in post-isolationist Japan, and has a lot of 'British' characters... who all speak horribly mangled english by Japanese voice actors. Whereas WotS 3 felt closer to the original game in it's rural setting, this game harkens back to WotS 2, and it's more 'urban' setting. The graphics are still kind of shit, but this series was never "AAA" anyways. Also of note, there is now a minigame mechanic to get laid. I'm not joking.

This game is only available for download in the U.S., but received a physical release in all other regions, including the UK.

White Knight Chronicles II

MMO JRPG

A massive console role-playing game developed by Level-5. The story mode is single player, but you can take your story character and participate in multiplayer missions which add a lot to the game, including all the ultimate stuff. It initially received a large amount of hype prior to its Japanese release, but gained only lukewarm reception from critics. White Knight Chronicles has 100 hours worth of gameplay and several enemies are quite large in size. Story is fairly cheesy to start off with but improves. You will shit bricks when you realise Eldore is voiced by Charles Shaughnessy.

The sequel includes an updated version of the first game so picking up the original isn't necessary.

Note:As of 6/18/13, NA servers for both games will be shut down. Dayum shame, Jimmy.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Turn-Based Strategy

Official remake of the PC classic, XCOM is all about managing a worldwide secret project to combat a very nasty alien invasion wrecking Earth's shit. Basically, the game is split between actually organizing XCOM's base, which involves things like choosing when to hire new soldiers or construct facilities and fighting aliens with squads of 4 to 6 members in quite tactical battles. Each of the 14 countries backing up the XCOM project has a "Panic Gauge", which increases according to the aliens' actions and, if any of them hit level 5 by the end of the month, said country will stop supporting the whole thing. If that happens eight times, it's game over.

Protip: this game can be a bit glitchy with its digital version. Make sure to save often and disable in-game speech.

There is another version called XCOM: Enemy Within which its the base game, as well as tons of customizations for your characters including making them GIANT FREAKING ROBOTS . Its digital only and it also has all the DLC of the base game as well. If you want the most complete version go get that one.

Yakuza 3

Beat 'Em Up/Being a Badass

The Yakuza games are like a combination of Japanese soap opera and mob movie (in the best way possible), with action, romance, humor and betrayal. The series follows Kazuma Kiryu, a wrongly convicted ex-yakuza with the criminal underworld breathing down his neck. Includes summaries of the previous two games for the uninitiated. Works as a sandbox action-RPG with beat-'em-up fight sequences (much like Shenmue) and loads of side-content. The NA version had some content cut (hostess clubs and Japanese trivia).

Yakuza 4

Beat 'Em Up/Being a Badass

The fourth game in the main series has four playable characters: kung-fu officer Tanimura, brawling loan shark Akiyama, hulking giant Saejima, and, of course, Kiryu. The fragmented story provides a wider scope of the chaos, excitement and romance of the city, but is less focused and a bit less memorable. Each character has his own lengthy side-quest, such as recruiting and training hostesses or solving police disputes. Even more side-content than before. As per usual, great voice acting and cinematic flair.

The gameplay in the US version is piss easy so be sure to play on Hard if you want any real challenge.

Yakuza: Dead Souls

Beat 'Em Up/TPS

Yakuza with zombies. No seriously. A big focus on guns instead of brawling and features a pretty cool "heat sniper mode" that lets you perform various cool cinematic moves. You may be daunted by the non standard TPS controls, but they actually work rather well when you get used to it. Also features GORO MAJIMA KARAOKE!!!.

Zone of the Enders HD Collection

Action

Third-person mech combat games taking place in the distant future, and brainchild of Hideo Kojima, this is a collection of the two PS2 classics reformatted for HD. Originally this release was maligned due to High Voltage Software's terrible porting which created noticeable visual issues during gameplay, such as screen tearing. This has been fixed because Kojima hired Hexa Drive to fucking fix everything a 2.0 patch, and it's smooth as butter.

PS3 can play disc-based games from any region. (Except Persona 4 Arena, but that was released worldwide, so it's no biggie.) Be warned however that the games listed below assume that you know Japanese.

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Title

Genre

Description

Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories

Adventure

The culmination of the Aquanaut's Holiday underwater exploration series, heavy on atmosphere and lacking in specific goals. Has the best graphics yet and an actual story with characters, along with the series' esoteric elements, like communicating with certain fish. A beautiful world to explore to your heart's content, but this game is very hard to find.

Boku no Natsuyasumi 3: Hokkoku Hen: Chiisana Boku no Dai Sougen​

Sim / Slice of Life

Japanese only Animal Crossing-esque game where you play a Japanese boy in the 1970's enjoying summer vacation. You do stuff like bug catching, hill sliding, swimming, BEETLE SUMO, and childhood games. The most endearing part is arguably the diary, complete with crayon drawings. This game is text heavy with no trophies and no English, so you'd have to know moonspeak or be super harcore to even give half a shit. That said, it is oddly interesting. Check these twopages for more insight. The "Best" re-release of this game goes for cheaper.

A project to create an English manual online was started, but abandoned. It will make the rhythm memory game and fishing a lot easier for you, though.

Gundam Extreme Vs.

2vs2 Arena Fighter

Gundam themed two on two arena fighter, was the top hit in Japanese arcades. Has a large cast, and is rather fast paced compared to the other Gundam games out. Surprisingly, the amount of suits doesn't completely break the game as each suit requires a in-depth knowledge of it in order to be good. Also the game relies heavily on teamwork, so even two powerful suits can get wrecked by two grunt suits if they had better chemistry. Game is rather fun, but there are two problems: Import-only (unless you're Japanese) and is likely to get a disc upgrade December 2013-Early 2014 since the new version is out in arcades.

Idolm@ster 2

Simulation / Rhythm

The only game Japan bought a 360 for is finally on the PS3. (Now you won't need to buy a Japanese 360 for your weeaboo needs!) As the producer, you'll have to use your management skills to make your idols the TOP AIDORU! This is also the closest you AKB48/SNSD fans fags will get to an idol management game (unless you count that shitty flash game). Features some PS3 exclusive content, like Hatsune Miku DLC.

Initial D Extreme Stage

Racing / Fangasm

This is a very 'arcadey' touge racing game, definitely not for everyone (Touge = downhill/uphill one-on-one races in those windy mountain roads in Japan). In fact, chances are that only fans of the series can actually enjoy this. Basically, you create your driver and get to face each and every racer ever to appear in the series, while listening to eurobeat music (although sadly this game has the worst OST selection of all Initial D games). Some of those races are piss easy but there are some almost ridiculously impossible ones, that demand surgical precision and reflexes to take on those turns. For those unfamiliar with Initial D: it doesn't have that many cars, physics are weird, gameplay is clunky and every track looks about the same, but the fans knows what to expect (meaning every car and location featured in the series will be there, plus a few more, and all that DORIFUTO through the hairpins).

Megazone 23:Aoi Garland

Action Adventure

Only available in Japan, but there is an Oversea's Edition, that comes bundled with the Anime from 1985, completely with English Dub. It is somewhat a hybrid of adventure game as well as command-based mecha combat simulator. In this title, players will interact with the many characters from the series and control robots by choosing attack commands from a window.

Musou Orochi Z

Action

If you like the Dynasty Warriors games, this is as good as it gets. That is, so long as you understand moonspeak; there's no English version.

Wangan Midnight

Racing

I LOVE MY WANGAN. Highway raecan based on the original manga/arcade games.

Yakuza Kenzan

Beat 'Em Up/Being a Yarou

Look up to Yakuza. Okay, now replace "Japanese gangsters" with "Japanese gangster samurai from ancient Japan." And there ya go. Fantastic. Unfortunately, unlike Yakuza 3, this entry isn't likely to get a western release, but if you want to hold out from importing to wait and see what Sega will do, no one would blame you. Yakuza is dead in the west, there's no hope go learn Japanese.